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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 18%. CLARA BARTON—RED CROSS. We must not identify only with the Red Cross, hospitals, trained nurses, and the ministrations and sweet sym pathy of gentle women. The Red Cross is a grand international treaty entered into with heart and hand for the alleviation of every shade of suf fering; it enfolds cur enemy, and he who aimed at us the pointed bayonet is cared for with all the tenderness as if he were a loving brother. “Under the flag of the Red Cross all ground is neutral,” and more glorious still, under heaven’s sun is emblazoned: “I am my brother’s keeper.” The United States joined this treaty in 1882, and in every inundation, drought, famine, pestilence, Hood and fire our nation stands a grateful re- ceipient to the Christ-like spirit en throned in the heart of the Red Cross The American National Red Cross has its headquarters at Miss Barton’s home in Washington, a plain, comfort able old house void of luxury, but re plete with grand memories of the past and the home of heroes and cherished names. Here Miss Barton has her business office, plain and simple, just like the noble woman who forgets to eat or to sleep because she has taken humanity in her great loving arms and cries from her feeling heart—the world is my children. And who is Miss Clara Barton? There were five roving brothers in old England who each in turn took up his tent and pitched it in parts of Europe, one’ Marmaduke. came to America a few years after the Plymouth landing; he founded the family of which our hero ine is the choice spirit—the minister ing angel! The name Barton in Anglo-Saxon means “defender of the town.” Clara commenced her school life when only a wee tot of three years and later was a compeer in classes of older boys and girls by whom she was always crowned victorious, not only in studies, but in the sweet and gen tle sunshine that she poured into the school room and hearts of all her associates. She was never known to possess a doll, but as a child she de lighted to visit the sick, and tenderly fold character, ay"' ”- and un ' for every man.” lyTki / THE WEEKLY LEDGEl PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Limestone Printing and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS. - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point bo insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. 4.11 correspondence should be ad- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will Jbe published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at five cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. sive pi :n for permanently im- 1 her public roads. She appro- $100,000 annually for this coarseness Each county, to secure any can \v« hisamount, must expend either) o the state’s one. That e pays one-third of of McAdamising the unty. At the cost of y miles would thus r to the number of i livered in the senaf i can equal this in abusN . \ expression. \ I a nee, of K‘“c anything e spirit that unwarranted to CO FEBRUARY <», 1891 l,, ’‘ Algood News. ittueks ina)iy )n( i once 0 f The Ledger.] is. the roads $6,000 r be add( 1 good ro .i At firjt.t tatingly, but' soon made ma is now for a la the state, that avail themselves o Wherever these built lands have ad to two hnndred per ps took hold hesi- results were so at the demand E ropriation by unties may lefits, ave been rom one yery in spirit —...» oi. the co-ordinate departments of the v e.,Feb government, or the graceless words that proceeded from his mouth. As a Carolinian we feel for our state. Her true voice is hushed as she passes through the wine-press. Perhaps after awhile, the .—The tneas- up here. There are Vick with them. famiL is on the sick list >r. of (ireen- YouK Horton, th i E. 1*. lUe.' here, up in the ()}y Moore and terest has received nev of thrift and enterprise p before was listlessness ai ency. These object lessons are n us. We need “line upon line. Carolina is showing us that Xe 1 sey’s plan is a good one for her. is now reaping from her sowing, Charlotte in particular has enlar the circle of her influence. What good for New Jersey and North Caro lina is equally good for us. if like them we put our own shoulders to the wheel and help ourselves. pure wine, , - 'T* now being bottled, will sparkle all the j tr ip Cami U -d W. T. brighter for being hid away. Robt. B. Bowel 1,\ . . What is it that Senator Tillman J Price and others weri 1 ^' wishes? Is it notoriety? This he i l as< "eek attending l’OX. has to his heart’s content. Mis name I Hariis, Algood s cm . , , , , ... master, A. W. Smith, \Y .x has been blazoned abroad, and with Thos 0 Huskey and your c hardly a dissenting voice there is con- dent were in UafTney last demnation of the man. Even in the on business. United States Senate there ought to " V have with much , ^ ii i . ; watched the rapid be some way to call a member to 1 i Pool Penciling [Correspondence of Ti Pool’s S. C., Feb. 1.1 lany nice letters in your ding that none came fJ 1 thought I or..,, when ho .m„ 8gr e 8S o S ^ f ^ L _'Vo would givej items. My Uncle tal pleaso: and I enjoy res growth J of decency. several ] fishing scly PRESS OPINION. . Averin j Yis 111 papers and think The Ledger equals any the State allord. It is afe N Chi ristianity needs a revival. It need- being divorced from all form- lism and sent upon the errand for ^‘licii ii came to help the dy . 1 L IS tl special favorite with everybody. The lirst question that is asked every Thursdr** ay evening and is, “have you got week?” ry Friday morn- your Ledger this For those that IMMIGRATION. The tide of immigration continues to flow to this country, but the stream is diminishing in depth and inten sity. It is full time that some break water is erected that shall protect us from this surging mass of human ity. Good citizens are a help to any community, state or country. Such should be welcomed, such are wel comed. But the vicious, the idle, the untamable, are elements of dis cord and should be left severely alone. How are we to discriminate? A property qualification, v.bile help ful, is not by any means a perfect test. The veriest criminal fleeing from justice may buy his way to our domain and then become a member of this Republic. For him to bring from our Consuls abroad certificates of good behavior, may serve a very good purpose, but it does not meet the necessities of Hie case, unfortu nately certificates are so readily se cured that they have no market value. An educational qualification, though far from perfect, comes nearer meet ing the demand for a better class.of immigrants. We are an English- speaking people. It is in English that our legislators discuss the ques tions that arise in determining the laws of the land, bet every appli cant for admission into our country be required to read in English the Constitution of the United States. He will be a better citizen for the ability he has shown, and the knowl edge he has acquired of our Jaws will be of lasting benefit. year. This will surprise to many in mi foM r " or tbiH dotM bea this^t’. bu * stranger things have happ(W n our Ume.—Anderson JourmF >: ^ f youV ut onc ‘ paper, let.that be your o\*"ty Paper it may rmi have as mm' Vs * M it as the big city weeklyV' 10 . Hiing is sun\ however, it i!P interested in you than the city ]> an <l then you are patroniziug^clping a home enterprise.—SoiT-l’ublisber. V nn C? >ho\ J ° ,Ti Petl Vs K !'<)■ 'Vtsles *01)1 out ri >i n iiOy, tery the skil , teeth,' 1 JPkwV, «ood; I ing their lands for another crop and I fear that the recent advance in the price of cotton will induce many to plant too much cotton, but then it is alright to raise a big cotton crop pro vided you raise your home supplies at home. Subscriber. •si CCS8 - lint sue- -’oi ls at Cfie, '^on^okee A " c ' t l hi bare / IS who week, News from Wilhe. [Correspondence of Tm: Ledger I , W’UUE. S. 3.—,M rs . “1. • ireenvi'n 3 ’ l" 1 ' 0 over the Greunille line, died last Sunday of .neasie.s and was buried at Pleasant ,e " ves a Y C n Urk T’ t,le 3’oung man aCLidcntally shot himself tieism by calling BenjiPa filthy . ls 11 i'Ule on the mend, hut lie is still baboon.” We submit tin's is 1,1 a v< ' r .V precarious condition, unfair and inconsistent. Times 1 he I nited States deputies visited nullifies its eirt icism by guyoml ' ,l,r section again last wi ck (ured one inoonshin to belong t 0 Jki Barbery arrested Barbery, a « Ben heleo, and one on the Spur- D 3«Pe I an burg side supposed to belon-' i- 1 of U ge Giaytoii and arrested contributed the strongest spirits“ M ‘ an d Bill Clayton, John the domination has now the oir '^din Barnett, to^i Sen bod lingsgate. A less grievous sin. Du one which must have its influence in s cl , nib ^l v hko The New Y ork ^8, which particularly devotei’© President, very properly scores tan for his “ruffianly abuse,” huts its eri- Tillman's senatorial langaml resorting to the dregs of Inlh Carolina speeches.—Columbia*. * * * The South long dominatec. , Senate. The Soul hern'’, States strongest spirits" ' and cap- still on the °ndent i'erfiaps Mr; «• oiys,\ with I?’ and c«Ga., any traJcd ; gan th4rs, some liVf relief, afi. I cun re^ cine I uiit the mi WE car. fun. materials, gles, Latin promptly ail WE arc ready Inside finlsht Doors, " ... Newels, Balll OUR Iro- ' ».s (, m/l /, % o,%%. '■ ■ i. ■ > i i^ UP(. ^ ^ >1(J Qfl orge, I digestion .\ hu Sims I trou| es, Gc fo r Vej with fails- : “HHyour, 'domination nas now tne oir *>arnerr, together witli J e,se ‘ails. . Us yo Ur nitor who has ever disgraced i ii® C'iayton’s mule and James Wi]- IbSdoscs,* Can to P°ea s ers ly by resorting to barroom bil- wa g°n. Jaikus. - ? Pond U - gsgate. A less grievous sin. but . * .5 God has his plan Years rolled by in v^iura and home life, always busy full of “jokes pleasure in Its a State where decent bearing was considered essential in a representa tive, was the violation of the propri eties when Tillman danced a jig on the Senate floor.—Charlotte News. i Cure for Headache, " forms of Head- | us proved to be j permanent ! The Washington correspondent of the New York World says Senator : tr ‘ a Tillman has the mouth of a Sioux warrior. That is entirely correct. Senator Tillman lias the mouth of a warrior. He commits all his warfare with his mouth. Hois emphaticlly and exclusive a mouth warrior at that—crude, bitter and relentless. If words could kill he would long ago have exterminated the entire human race, excepting only the small con tingent of it clinging to his coat tail. ‘medy for a! , ar rlc Bitters | Hie\ It effects a cui" dreaded habitual hcadujj (o its influence. Wi urge a , e .qfljeted to procure a bottle.^ r einedy a fair l'" habitual THE W H. tion Elect. *8 the needed .. few cases loi ■ 0 medicine. fjliu lies only FiftJ 1’re‘s Drug StorJ* constipa- cures by giving >owels, and use of this Largo bot- W. B. Du- T ,S. A Iii' f ,|-H,.|l ■‘il I'l-.'isdiiail llaii iiiiii! im.il Mll)|)li<'<i to 11:1 raf«w N t' •o' 1 r/T fj\ LA <c“ l * *1 >c°l and Clara’s school and ever _ - V** ...g j ag fl rg t marked ou t. irrisistible story-telling | Clems' echuo and droll speeches. We now find her doing service in our civil war, and ond the return of peace she was one the first women who took a position in Washington in the government department. Her connection with the Red Cross when ♦ v -'' Greenville News THE S. C. MILITARY ACADEMY. Some of the legislators now sitting in Columbia have made a violent at tack on the Citadel Academy, as well as on some of the othe r higher insti tutions of learning in the state. The ® ihas d °neits work n ve ry oxistan necessities of (] Je she ,na de her ow era '“ g ' , stan ‘ w ''' NUrfacou 'n. _ v un tl Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the di sease. Catarrh is a blood or consti tutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. itarrh Cure is taken inter- AND b Cut Pritf/a/ pt For t lif ui’xt j Sliocs. Hats. Il_ Cut Prii, o*- Will do any class \ of c;n L - r 'tea ns for .leans for li; •leans for ’•l.'i'l Ha: V^° '""w XO ,\o'\ \<V' r "It!’ ' vc’C 6 , 'i."c Hats - ^'^ e ’ ‘A ter work proinjitly and at l>' v \o° * ^ v V?CX I ,,1.. 1 ** U, Un ’’: affo ^ g , orwari 1(1 °n the lines at the close 0 f the on can never take the place of the Citadel, however well she ma\ do the work assigned her. If there is no longer room in the hearts of Carolinians for the institu tion which has never failed in peace heal- price. Will also lIIOW „ nuiKe out bills for Imilding ma- purili- torial for juirties who desire it «a small pel ..-al —n/eet fully, tor testimonials, fici PENNEY A* CO., Props,, Toledo, (). S I Sold by druggists, price 7f>c. ..nisi ior Li - si mood purifi- terial lor jutrtie.s wl its, acting directly on the mucous and fill the same for ; surfaces. The perfect combination of ..., nt the two ingredients is >vhat produces! U ‘ 1 ;. ,, such wonderful results in '•tiring liespectlully, Catarrh. Send for testimonials, fii-e F. J. (MIFVvt’*' * -..... | „°' Lry ycur °< lier she went to Switzerland for rest, but I !„ J " III or war; which has sent forth a ing stream every , ’ rig men to fill lion* W. D. A: ; Hair-cutting. Sliavim began 8ixties ’ . men to Yiizeriand for rest, but orably and well any position among sitting quietly in her cottage, mem- me n, let her go down with her bar bers of the International Committee ner unfurIedi her glory undimmed. of the Red Cross en route to the ghe will continue to live in the hearts Franco-Prussian war approached, the of the many who know ] ier true invalid and begged her to join them worth. “HI as she was ” 8he went * But the Citadel continues its work We now follow this heroic woman undi8tu rbed. And perhaps before an- • ’oss the stormy ocean into the other attack i8 lnade upon mce of the much discussed Sul- ],p ^ ii the vortev -- M. G. M Wood’s Seeds. '’“f/'ilil.ry. li. Ij. <*■ p,,J HiCN . , r- and ■ibJe prices. Shop 0t ’k’.s store. •Shai in- Ju ‘ r . it will country —»z junior senator from is i South Carolina has carried his threat into exono*ion « r ^ | MS II Jit* ue seen that the state, and — vortex of unmitigated eannot do without the Citade.. death and slaughter and atrocities that imagination fails to paint. But TILLMAN IN THE SENATE. her parting words: I am a At last the ‘ ailor, hut I shall go. There *- ~ hing else to do—goodbye.” -into execution. He has used his ^ pitchfork as he has used it on many an occasion before “ has used it to his own hurt. Sena torial courtesy gave the senator full rein to exercise his powers at his own sweet will. This we hope he did to his complete satisfaction. 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